Patek Philippe

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Retailed by Spaulding & Co., Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.) Year circa 1917 Reference - Movement No. 190 120 Calibre 17’’’,manual-winding, 18 jewels Case No. 405 239 Material/s yellow gold (18-carat), platinum Dimensions Ø 44.3 mm. Thickness 9.9 mm. Weight 57.8 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement Accessories An Extract from the archives is on order and guaranteed by the sale Patek Philippe for Spaulding & Co. Pre-Art Deco dress-watch, chiselled and enamelled bezels gold dial, ‘Dauphine’ Arabic numerals, made for the American market, retailed by Spaulding & Co. Yellow gold (18-carat) and enamel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, thin pre-Art Deco pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, made for the American market. Winding and time-setting by the crown on the pendant. -- Case: three-piece, ‘variée’, polished, chiselled and enamelled; oval-shaped screwed bow. Bezels decorated with chiselled floral motifs, alternating with four ornaments on an azure-blue enamelled background. Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher ‘C R M’. Inside case-back with a tintype (or melainotype or ferrotype) portrait of a lady. Dial: gold colour, with black painted suspended ‘Dauphine’ Arabic numerals; external minute track divided five by five with radiating lines; blued steel ‘Breguet’ hands. Movement: calibre 17’’’, manual-winding, 18 jewels, rhodium-plated with ‘fausses côtes’ decoration, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator, eight adjustments.